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Re:First China-U.K. Freight Train Departs as Xi Seeks to Lif... by csiegert on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @09:50AM (#13318652)
A big airplane can carry a lot more than 20,000 kg (20 metric tons) total. The Antonov An-225 Mriya can carry a payload of 200 tons for 4000 km[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya#Specifica...

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Re:First China-U.K. Freight Train Departs as Xi Seeks to Lif... by mattkrause on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @10:39AM (#13319103)
There is exactly one of those planes in existence.

That said, I think someone is considering (re)starting production.

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